Rare Oul'Stuff [Import]

Shane MacGowan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B00005TPC3
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #247,681 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The Rare 'Oul Stuff--a compilation of B-sides and key album tracks recorded by Shane MacGowan with post-Pogues backing band the Popes and spanning the years 1994 to 1998--is unlikely to enhance the singer's public profile, but only because it doesn't contain any of the songs that temperance-favoring laymen are likely to remember. Thus, there's no sign of the minor hits "My Way," "Haunted," or "That Woman's Got Me Drinking" but, perversely, certain noncharting A-sides are included. The best of these is the cinematically scored "You're the One" (cowritten with Michael Kamen), a duet with Maire Brennan which juxtaposes the Clannad singer's windswept, virginal vocal sensuality with Macgowan's Gainsbourg-esque cragginess--an unlikely artistic match. On the other hand, "Christmas Lullaby" is just dismal. Elsewhere, fans of fornication-flavored vocabulary, rebel songs (the historical "Roddy McCorley" and the more controversial "Paddy Public Enemy Number One," a tribute to deceased Irish Republican Dominic McGlinchey), blazing tin whistles, and banjos can't go wrong--even if the version of "Danny Boy" is a case of too much Shane. --Kevin Maidment

Product Description

21 track UK compilation of singles and more includes 'You're The One' featuring the stunning vocals of Naire Brennan, taken from the film 'Circle Of Friends' & the more traditional 'Danny Boy'. 2001.

Customer Reviews

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pogue to Pope, January 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Rare Oul'Stuff (Audio CD)

If you're a fool for the Pogues but have been disappointed with Shane MacGowan's 2 solo albums since HELL'S DITCH, this one might be worth the extra moola. It's basically a 21-track singles collection featuring his best songs off THE SNAKE & CROCK OF GOLD, which isn't a bad idea since both albums have their share of duds.

Hard-core fans will delight in some endearing B-side covers like, "Danny Boy" & Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie" of all things. It also features "You're the One", his duet with Naire Brennan off the "Circle of Friends". Another incentive to fork over the dough is "Rake at the Gates of Hell" a rarity from STAIGHT TO HELL, Shane's acting debut(if you want to call it that).

So, splurge. You won't miss the money and who knows how long it will be before a Pogues re-union album.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BUY THIS RECORD!!!, August 10, 2005

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Jeffrey Lees (Camp Hill, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rare Oul'Stuff (Audio CD)

Hey guys, if you are looking at this review , it means that you are potentially interested in picking up "Rare Oul' Stuff" by the inimitable Shane MacGowan. Let me save you the debate...BUY IT!!! Shane MacGowan is one of the true geniuses of our time. This album is a perfect jumping on spot for a new fan of Shane's solo and post-Pogues work as it contains tracks from both of his previous solo records and some harder to find stuff. Stand out tunes include "Aisling" and "Paddy Public Enemy No. 1." "You're the One" is a really tender ballad and one of Shane's duets which are always great tunes chock full of heart. "The Song With No Name" is a love tune that should be a wedding standard on par with "Annie's SOng" or "Grow Old With Me". Who doesn't understand when Shane says "...and now I pray for a single kiss from her to be lashed and crucified..." WOW! But lest you think that the spitting, drinking, swaggering MacGowan has gone soft, "Rock and Roll Paddy" should about knock your socks off with a rockin' melody and some pretty risque lyrics. Give this record a spin, I promise it will hang out in your player for a long time. It's still in mine.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Get "The Snake" instead, February 17, 2008

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Corky - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rare Oul Stuff (Audio CD)

The only reason to get this album is if you're a hardcore fan of Shane and you want to get songs like "Danny Boy" or "Cracklin Rosie" but most of all of his good stuff is on "The Snake". Don't bother with the CD or "Crock of Gold" either it is depressing since his songs are slurred with the years of drug and alcohol abuse he is famous for. The songs are lifeless. I know his hardcore fans don't like to admit this but he was washed up on "Crock of Gold". If you don't believe how sub par his songs were to the Pogues listen to the Pogues version of "Rake at the Gates of Hell" and his version. Enough said.